Anu Garg of A.Word.A.Day writes a very relevant note today: The word religion derives from Latin ligare (to tie or to bind, as in 'ligam...

Tash Aw was in Singapore to launch his second novel, Map of the Invisible World. The launch took place at the National Library Singapore on ...

Five minutes. That’s all I had to decide about making a trip to the big B. Of course, I am not talking about Amitabh Bachchan here (And as f...

I have been absent from my blog for a while now. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, it is said. Is it true in the case of blogging? Anyway...

The harsh reaction by Kuala Lumpur’s police Sunday to a protest organized by the Hindu Rights Action Force, a pressure group established to ...

My article in Little India , US: It's late Saturday afternoon in Kuala Lumpur. In an upmarket suburban condo, two Indian couples are hud...